Rarotonga (section Takitumu Conservation Area)
A tract of 155 ha of land has been set aside in the south-east as the Takitumu Conservation Area to protect native birds and plants, especially the Vulnerable...
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that the early settlers were true Tahitians, who landed in Rarotonga (Takitumu district). There are notable historic epics of great warriors who travel...
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Three former Vaka Councils on Rarotonga Puaikura Arorangi Takitumu Matavera, Ngatangiia, Takitumu Te-Au-O-Tonga (equivalent to Avarua, the capital of the...
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1600 AD, when a large contingent from Tahiti settled in Rarotonga, in the Takitumu district. The first contact between Europeans and the native inhabitants...
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Ngati Karika (Te au o Tonga tribe - Rarotonga). For the Ngati Tangi'ia (Takitumu tribe-Rarotonga), it would be at Tahiti. Others locate Avaiki at Raiatea...
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called Makaliʻi together with two canoes from Rarotonga: Te ʻAu Tonga and Takitumu, and the canoe Te ʻAurere, from New Zealand. Subsequently that year, Hawaiʻiloa...
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Au O Tonga (reigned 1845–1857) Pa Upoko Takau Ariki, High Chiefess of Takitumu (reigned 1855–1890) Tinomana Mereana Ariki, High Chiefess of Puaikura (reigned...
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Mataora Tutai 56 Rakahanga Pupuke Robati Democratic 84 Turuta Temu 50 Takitumu Apenera Short Cook Islands 484 Tiakana Numanga Cook Islands 475 Taramai...
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The flag of Rarotonga 1858–1888. The three stars represent the three tribes (vaka) of Rarotonga: Takitumu; Te Au O Tonga; Puaikura...
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School, Cook Islands Avarua School Avatea School Nikao School Rutaki School Takitumu School Araura Primary School Vaitau Primary School Enuamanu School Lucky...
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1923 – 3 February 1990) was Pa Ariki, one of the two ariki titles of the Takitumu tribe on the island of Rarotonga of the Cook Islands from 1924 until 1990...
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Hereditary Vacant 1994 Hereditary Pa Tapaeru Marie Ariki 27 June 1990 Takitumu Hereditary Kainuku Kapiriterangi Ariki 6 May 2006 Hereditary Tinomana Tokerau...
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as independents. The party launched its campaign on 7 October in vaka Takitumu with the campaign slogan "Our Future. Now." The party promised stability...
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She was the ariki of the Pa dynasty, one of the two chiefdoms of the Takitumu tribe on the island of Rarotonga. Pa Upoko (also known as Mere Pa or Mary...
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Mauke by-election Resignation of Julian Dashwood Tupui Henry (CIP) 1977 Takitumu by-election 22 December 1977 Death of Tiakana Numanga Iaveta Short (DP)...
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Islands. He was the ariki of the Pa dynasty, one of the two chiefdoms of the Takitumu tribe on the island of Rarotonga. Pa Maretu was originally born at Aitutaki...
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from Hawaiki. The canoe was said to have been captained by Tamatea. The Tākitumu (sic) was an important waka in the Cook Islands with one of the districts...
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Society and constructed and voyaged in several replica vaka, including Tākitumu and Te Au o Tonga. Davis was born on the island of Rarotonga and educated...
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as Matavera district candidate for Cook Islands Party, contesting the Takitumu constituency in the 1965 elections. He was subsequently elected to the...
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reconstructions have been built over the last thirty years (Hokule'a in Hawaii, Takitumu and Te Au o Tonga in the Cook Islands...). Simple pirogues and proas, especially...
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Act 1980–1981 adjusted electorate boundaries and split the electorate of Takitumu into three. It consists of the tapere of Tutakimoa, Tauae, and Takuvaine...
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Travel Ariki (Mitiaro). The vice-president is Kainuku Kapiriterangi Ariki (Takitumu). According to Ron Crocombe and Jon Tikivanotau Jonassen: "The House of...
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Islands-New Zealand artist and community arts organiser. Ama was born in Vaka Takitumu in the southeast of the island of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, and has...
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contested the 1965 elections as a Cook Islands Party candidate in the Takitumu constituency, and was elected to the Legislative Assembly. Following the...
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the Cook Islands Party, he was a candidate in a 1977 by-election for the Takitumu seat following the death of Tiakana Numanga. However, he was defeated by...
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limited areas of mid-elevation montane forest on Rarotonga, particularly Takitumu Conservation Area. In 2002 a second population was established on Atiu...
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Act 1980–1981 adjusted electorate boundaries and split the electorate of Takitumu into three. It consists of the tapere of Titama, Tupapa, Matavera, Pouara...
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cultural and oral traditions of the nation. Originally housed in the Takitumu Hostel at Takamoa, the archives moved to the National Library of the Cook...
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Act 1980–1981 adjusted electorate boundaries and split the electorate of Takitumu into three. It consists of the tapere of Turangi, Ngati Au, Ngati Maoate...
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became a patroness of the Te Ipukarea Society. She was landowner of the Takitumu Conservation Area and committed to conservation, helping to transfer endangered...
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